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I have a dozen small parts boxes / bin holders and so far they all ****. Stanley, Hazard Fraught, Amazon chinesium, everything *****. The best system I have found is those plastic bins that fit in an ammo can. They **** too, but using a regular ammo can its at least durable when I knock it...

So, I need a Collar repair for a snap-on Screw driver. I know they will replace the whole driver, but my driver is clear and they don't make clear anymore. ;) I found a TEAL one on ebay but I am not a fan of the color, but I don't see any other options. Maybe a Black one would not look so bad...

OMG an actual GARAGE question. The year on my 23-year-old garage door opener broke. I see that there are a ton of replacements on Amazon, and that seems the fastest option but I have been burned before with them playing fast and loose with part number compatibility. Any words of advice on...

I have a cargo trailer that I camp in occasionally. I have installed AC in the roof for when its hot, but I don't really have a good solution for when its cold. I have tried little milkhouse electric heaters but it ***** when they pull too much from shore power and pop a breaker and you wake...

Ok, so I have a wall in my basement that needs a workbench, but I am having issues figuring out the measurements. My original plan was to just buy a bench, tack it to the wall and call it good, but then I started measuring and realized it would be so much more work to try to modify a "standard"...

I have 2 fireplaces in my house, one in my living room that has been converted to Gas, and one in the basement that is standard wood burning. I haven't had to use either of them since I bought my house. I am pretty sure the gas log in the living room works, I just need to clean it. The...

Okay I have kind of a dumb problem but I'm certain you all can help me out. I have purchased brass shut off valves for all of my garden hose stuff so I can shut the water off at the business end of the hose. The problem is most of them came with an excellent ball valve attached to a exceedingly...

Okay so I have several staplers that live in tool boxes and come out for use in my garage and they're all cool and happy. And then I have a stapler that I take with me outside of my garage and it's cool and happy until it runs out of Staples at which point the pain begins. I need to figure out a...

Ok, so I have decided Black pipe is easier for me to work with for the air system in my house, and more aesthetically pleasing than the rubber hose and EMT clips I currently am rocking. Since it is so damn cold, this project is getting more planning than I normally put into projects like these...

I have a Clarke mig130EN that mostly does everything I need*, but it is tired. I don't want to buy a new welder at the moment because, reasons. My first problem is the ground cable needs to be replaced. It has been damaged, cut and re-crimped enough that it's less than 4 feet now...:dunno...

I would like to have compressed air in my basement but apparently I am doing it wrong.

Ok, so I am not a machinist or a professional gunsmith. I have a couple of friends with full sized bridgeports, but I hate to impose on them. So I have been looking at ways I could do small jobs myself. I don't have a full sized shop or or even room for a real lathe or a full sized mill. I...

Ok, so heres the deal. I have been looking around at various tool storage ideas, plans, premade kits, and even completed items. Some of them are quite slick, and the ones on here are very impressive. The problem I have is that almost all of them seem to be patterned around the user that has...

Okay guys welcome to another edition of barrys trying to misuse something for an entirely different purpose then for which it was designed. I need to figure out what the thread pitch and dimensions of a Honeywell North respirator filter so I can then find out if there is such a thing as a tap...

So I just got through putting some electrical outlets on a work bench. This experience taught me that I really need better electrical wire handling pliers. I need both Better Cutters that can deal with very fine stranded wire and better wire strippers that actually strip the insulation from...

I find myself needing some portable anchors or weights and since I own a cement mixer and a few old tires, it just seems logical that I could make my own. What I'm not sure how to do, is to make these weights with a minimum amount of mess. Specifically what I'm wondering is what is the best way...

Hey guys I have a Stihl ts350 concrete saw that I purchased a water kit for and just finally installed. Like most of the other people that have tried this I've discovered that the actual Quick Connect is utterly useless, so now I'm trying to figure out what the best way to adapt this thing to a...

Okay I'd like to have a tool that I don't think they make, at least not the exact brand style and variety. I have several snap on hard handle ratcheting screwdrivers, in pretty much every variety that they make, but what I want is the full size straight handle with the stubby blade. I've found...

I have a goatee, and need a respirator. What I'd love to have is one that was good for everything from painting and Welding Vapors to mold and dust. I found the resp-po-rator on Amazon and then a bunch of videos about it on YouTube of all the modifications people made, fixing everything from...

Okay so I'll admit it I am an actual fiend for drill bits and Taps when I can buy them cheap. I make no excuses it's just how I am. In my travels I have collected hundreds of drill bits, you may not know it but most pawn shops will sell you handfuls of drill bits for a couple of dollars or sell...